Posts by George Stiekes
Bearing Spiritual Fruit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 We know that the Spirit of God dwells within the believer. We also know that He gives us spiritual gifts for enablement to serve Christ sand produces within the believer spiritual…
Read MoreGod Repented
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that He had said that He would do unto them; and He did it not (Jonah 3:10). The question relating to God changing His mind seems to come up quite often. The idea of God repenting would…
Read MoreStaying on the Mountaintop
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain (Isaiah 40:4). There is something so beautiful and majestic when viewing mountains 10,000 to 14,000 feet in height. It is a wonderful experience to hike in them and there…
Read MoreHills and Valleys
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain (Isaiah 40:4). When you drive through Colorado, you cannot help but be impressed as you approach a mountain 12,000 feet high. But as you get closer, you are suddenly…
Read MoreOn Television
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes (Psalm101:3a). Recently, I went through the normal old age event called “cataract surgery.” It is difficult to describe what I now see, based on what I did not see before. I no longer need glasses except for reading and another side blessing is that all of…
Read MoreChristian Love for Country
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. FOR THERE IS NO POWER BUT OF GOD: THE POWERS THAT BE ARE ORDAINED OF GOD. Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to…
Read MoreOur Great God
For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring. Acts 17:28 (A follow up to Our One Unique God, published last week.) In verses 24 through 28 of Acts 17, the Apostle Paul provides us with a great…
Read MoreOur One Unique God
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. John 14:6 Because of the activity of Isis, the religion of Islam is a major subject in the news every day. Christianity proposes the true God who is far different…
Read MoreDriven By God’s Purpose, Not Ours
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Daniel 1:8 A lot of people purpose to do things that they never accomplish.…
Read MoreDo You Trivialize Sin?
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death. James 1:5 From Reader’s Digest: You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please disregard this notice. There is some confusion as to what sin is. As a teenager, I learned this definition for…
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